Hat-fastener.



n, W wv H. DIPPEL.

HAT FASTENER. APPLIOATION ULEB JUNE 14, 1911.

Patented Sept. 3, 191.2.

.4m/mers specification.

My invention is animprovementin hatV lfasteners, andhasf for itsobject the pro- To Aall whom 'it may cocernr.

vHENRY DIPPEL, oFsAN FRANCISCO, oALIFoRNIA.

Be it knovvn that I, HENRrDIPPEL, a citizen of the Unlted States, and a resident of San Francisco,

Hat-Fasteners,

vision of a simple,'econoini'xah and easily. operated device forv securing afhat lace on' the headl of thev'vearer, which ivvlll-` hold the hatg-securely in place, vifhile vertical" section of a hatjavith'the fastener 1n place, Fig. 2 isan enlarged part-iallon-- the holder forvt'h'e po perspective view o Athehead end-of the pin.

The present-,5 embodiment 4of the invention is Asli-'mvn in. pla'eeA the-crown' of a. hat y1, and leoinprises'a 'holder f orjeach. sideofthe hat, a pin,a-nd,- a detacha'blehead for the pin.

The p lnconsistsjpf'abody 2 provided at .A one-l end-.avithpiathreadedportion 3. and, at

shank is solid for a the otlugrferid with--a-Jpoint'4; v The 'pin is` provided-"With an enlargement 5 adjacent to the point., the said-enlargement being inthe vmaterial of thep'in, orby means of a sleeve- "solderedA or -b'razed' on the pin, or 1n any othm suitable' or desired manner.

"A head is provided 4for the pin, the said head consisting of a circular body and a centrall axially extending shank 7. The

port-ion of its length adjacentutolthe body and holloiv for the remaining vportionas shown. The hollow portion forms a socket 8 for a purpose to lie-presently described, and the -solidjportion is provided Wit-h a central axial internally threaded opening 9 for-engagement bythe end 3 of the pin.- The socket is split longit'udinallya-t opposite sides, as indicated at is-resilient. A holder or fastener is profv` vided for each end4 of the pin, each holder being. secured in place on the -cro-Wn, of the hat. The holders are precisely alike, and

each consists offa sleeve 1l provided at one end with an integral Lannular flange 12 and the sleeve is externally threaded adjacent to Specification of letters Patent. Appiication med 'June 14, 1911.

in the 'county `of SanrFranclscoand State of Cahfornia, have invented v certain ,new and -useful Improvements inpermitting ltseasy removal when desired. f l

In the; drawings, Figure "1 1 is a transverse Serial No. 633,001. -4 fheaange', provlded .with laterally extending teeth or spurs M for engaging the material of thel hat, and a lthe sleevelfor co'perating with theiiange toclamp the material of the hat. o f' which the following aA Washer or. nut`15 is threaded onto which the sleeve is passed, lwith theflange engaging theface o'f the hat. Eachsleeve is reducedo r contracted anilularly near the The material Vof the,

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as indicated at. 13. The iiange is end remote lfrom theilangefor head 12,' to

form a neck 16,'and ythe end of the sleeve is roundedzto" form: al head 17. The loore of the sleeve is reduced at( the said end, as indicated at 18,to fit the' pin closely. l

Thefasteners or holdersare oppositely alrrangedf the one adjacent to the head of t 1e the opposite end of the pin is outside the hat.

The hat-is receiving the sleeve, and the sleeve is passed through theopeninguntil the head or flange engages the material 'of the hat. The nut 'then turned tightly down, forcing the spurs into the hat.

In; using the improved pin, after the holders'have been placed, the pin is inserted fromI the left of Fig. 1, until the enlargemento lof the pin in :contactwith the pi having its iiange or head inside the .hat,-While the flange or head of the holder at provided with an opening for neck 16 of the holdei` adjacent to the point.

The threaded portion of. the pinfnowextends beyond the hat on the opposite side.

over the threaded. end of the portion 3 of the pin engages The socket of the head is now' slipped pin, until the*l the threaded opening of the solid portion of the shank.

The head is no7 rotated in the proper direc tion to engage the portion 3^. with the recess 9. -I claim:-

v1.1.11 combination afastener'for a hat, comprising a pin provided at one end .with

arlpojnt, and With an enlargement adjacent 10, in Fig. 4, and the material of the socket to tlie point, and provided at'the other-end with athre'aded portion, 'a head having a .shank provided at its outer end With a rement by t-hethreaded portion of the pin,

and a holder for each end of the pin having means 'for engaging the hat, ,each holder loo comprising .a sleeve adapted to be passed through the side of the hat and having an annular lateral flange for engaging one face of the hat, the flange having lateral spurs for entering the material of the hat, said sleeve having an enlarged threaded portion adjacent to the flange, a washer threaded ent-o the said portion for engaging the opposite face of the side of the hat, said sleeve being reduced annularly near its other end,

said reduction forming a head on one sleeve for engagement by the socket, and an internal neck on the other for engagement by the enlargement near the point of the pin.

2. ln combination a fastener for a hat, comprising a pin provided at one end with a point, and with an enlargement adjacent to the point andprovided at the other end with a threaded portion, a head having a shank provided at its outer end with a reesilient split socket, and with `a threaded 'recess at the bottom Aof the socket for engagement by the threaded portion of the pin, and a holder for each end of the -pin having means for engaging the hat, each holder' comprising a vsleeve adapted'to be passed through the side of the-hatand having means at one end for securing .it to the hat, one sleeve being reduced near the opposite end to form a head forengaging the socket, and the other sleeve ,being reduced near the opposite end to form a neck for engaging the enlargement near the point.

3. A hat fastener, comprising a holder or fastener for each side of the hat, each holder said pin having comprising a vsleeve adapted 'to be passed` through the side -of the hat, ,and having mer ,s at one end `for securing the holder to .the hat, each sleeve the other endA and a neck separating the head fromthe sleeve,

having a head atv and a pin for engag' ing the sleeves, said pin havinga stop near one end for engaging the neck of one sleeve, and a head having `a socket for engaging the heady ofthe other fastener, and having means for detachably engaging the pin.

' 4. A hat/fastener, each side of the hat, each sleeve having means for securingiitto the hat, Aa pin adapted tobe 'passedthrough the sleeves, each sleeve having af head at one end separated frem' the sleeve by a reduced neck,

neck of one sleeve, and a head having means for detachably engaging the opposite end of the pin and the head of the other sleeve.

5. A hat fastener, comprising a sleeve forl each side of the hat, each sleeve having 'means for securing it to the hat., 'a pin adapted to be lpassed through thesleeves, said'pin having means ing one of the sleevesto preventl movement comprising a sleeve for aA stop for engaging. the c at che end foihengagev of the piny toward the other sleeve, anda l head engaging sleeve to prevent movement of the pin `in the opposite direction. f

HENRY DIPPEL. Witnesses i '()scan .STENBono, CHARLES DUNWEBER.

the pin outside' the other 

